Advertisements
Aquatic Avenue Banner Tropica Shop Banner Fishy Business Banner
Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 20 of 27

Thread: do altums eat small fish?

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Posts
    153
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore

    do altums eat small fish?

    Advertisements
    Fresh n Marine aQuarium Banner

    Advertise here

    Advertise here
    hi guys..
    do altums eat smaller fish like neons and danios?

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
    Posts
    9,210
    Feedback Score
    0
    Images
    371
    Country
    Singapore
    nothing is for certain.. depending on individual

    mine like cardinal, pencilfish, yamato

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Singapura
    Posts
    2,214
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore
    The norm is is the fish that can fit into the mouth, it may end up as dinner. But it all depends on the fish itself. Sometimes, although it's carnivourous, it may not attack other fishes. Maybe fir those reared from very young in a tank may not whack the fishes.

    $0.02
    Cheers!!

    Sherwin Choo
    [email protected]

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Posts
    42
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore
    I also think it also depends on how hungry your altums are, if u din feed them for sometime, they might make your smaller fishes as dinner... some others may turn to tear up your plants.

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
    Posts
    9,210
    Feedback Score
    0
    Images
    371
    Country
    Singapore
    ----------------
    On 12/22/2001 1:07:47 AM

    some others may turn to tear up your plants.
    ----------------
    they do?[:0] [:0]

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Singapore
    Posts
    2,436
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore
    ehh wilson so fast jump ship liao
    but i never see altum tear up plants before though
    my discus used to snip off my tenellus and blxya japonica
    not to eat
    for FUN [:0]

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Posts
    42
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore
    Simon: Mine last time like to tear up my Cambomba and E stellata young leaves... but it mati some time back []

  8. #8
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Balestier
    Posts
    2,769
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore
    hi tristan.....like what everyone has mentioned....but confirm for sure if you have any shrimps like malayan or yamatoes .....will be eaten, or chased till the jump tank.....and errrh altums do nip off plants but not to eat and like what DEA has mentioned for fun!!!!
    [email protected]
    ----------------------------------------------------------
    The title below my name does not make me a guru...listen at your own risk!...

  9. #9
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Posts
    153
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore
    wa.. like that har? ok... thanks guys...
    just wondering... cuz whenever i see those planted tanks will about 5 altums and hundreds or cardinals... always wonder why the cardinals never end up as lunch...

  10. #10
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Singapore
    Posts
    2,436
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore
    they do
    just that there're a lot of them
    and only 5 altums
    if they aren't fed i can confirm + guarantee the cardinals will go

  11. #11
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Posts
    153
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore
    oh.. ok.. so what would make a good tank mate for altums? heckels?[]

  12. #12
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Balestier
    Posts
    2,769
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore
    if the 5 are the super big ones like in the Taiwan Shop confirm sure eaten in two days.....[:0]
    [email protected]
    ----------------------------------------------------------
    The title below my name does not make me a guru...listen at your own risk!...

  13. #13
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
    Posts
    9,210
    Feedback Score
    0
    Images
    371
    Country
    Singapore
    i notice my altums goes into hunting mode after lights off..

  14. #14
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Posts
    42
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore
    Anyway, altums are a kind of cichlid, I am not surprised that they eat shrimps, snails and tearing up plants like their African counterparts...

  15. #15
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Posts
    49
    Feedback Score
    0
    I've recently witnessed my altums makan-ed two malayan shrimps. They seem to digest pretty quick. In morning you see their belly round (with food) and full but by mid noon they are almost flat again. Big eaters.

  16. #16
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Posts
    153
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore
    woah... someone once told me that altums are shy and peaceful fish.....

  17. #17
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Balestier
    Posts
    2,769
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore
    shy to the point of being chicken yes.....peaceful not really.....their disputes usually last to a few pecks and a short chase unlike discus which the alpha will chase the rest round and round the tank...all day long
    [email protected]
    ----------------------------------------------------------
    The title below my name does not make me a guru...listen at your own risk!...

  18. #18
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
    Posts
    9,210
    Feedback Score
    0
    Images
    371
    Country
    Singapore
    ----------------
    On 12/22/2001 11:49:21 PM

    woah... someone once told me that altums are shy and peaceful fish.....

    ----------------
    who told u?? Altums are shy but never peaceful.. they hunt by nite or in the dark

  19. #19
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Singapore, Singapore
    Posts
    101
    Feedback Score
    1 (100%)
    Images
    100
    Country
    Singapore
    I guess my Altums are unique, in a way they are quite the opposite from the others.

    Mine are never shy, from day 1. They will swim right up to you, ready to be fed. They even feed right off my hands.

    They definitely like shrimps. Used to have hundreds of them, now hardly sees the the shrimps anymore. On 3 occasions, I saw them attacked & ate my Oto. They leave my Golden Tetras & Pencilfish alone though.

    And mine actually eat plants, & not for fun.
    They like to nip on pointed leaves of the tenellus & Blxya japonica.
    They also like to pull off the Java moss, strand by strand, & eating them.

  20. #20
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
    Posts
    9,210
    Feedback Score
    0
    Images
    371
    Country
    Singapore
    kekeee.. ectan, what u feed your with?

Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •